Quilting attachment for sewing-machines



(No Model.)

H. T. DAVIS-. QUILTING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES. No, 271,690,Patented Feb. 6,1883.

Nv PETERS Phowbmognpher. washin wn. D4 0 EJNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. DAVIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

QUILTING A TTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,690, dated February6, 1883,

Application filed August 16, 1882. (No model.) l r To all whom "it mayconcern Be it known that I, HENRY T. DAVIS, of the city of St. Louis, inthe State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Quilting-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View; Fig. 2, a detail top view oi'the track; Fig. 3, adetail side view of the track and strip; and Figs. 4 and 5,

tron verse sections, showing the rollers ['or keeping the frame fromrocking.

My invention relates to a frame to be used on a sewingmachine; and itconsists in the combination and construction of parts, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed. I

A represents a sewing-machine head and art of the table. To the table isclamped, by suitable means, a strip, B, with a plain groove, 0, and awavy or serpentine groove, D.

E represents a rectangular quilting-frame, consisting of side bars, 6 e,jonrnaled in end pieces, 6 e, and fabric -depressing rod 6'. To thelower or under side of the frame is secured a rail, F, to which aresecured rollers G by their stems H, which can turn in the rail. Theserollers are of such a size that they fit snugly either of the grooves Gor D, according to which they are placed in. Thus, if they are placed inthe. plain groove, a plain seam will b produced on the quilt, and ifplaced in the wavy groove a wavy seam will be made.

I claim nothing in the construction of the frame proper.

To keep the frame from rocking while at work, I secure a secondstrip,.l, to the bottom of the frame and provide it with rollers J,which travel on the edge of the strip B. The rollersnpport being locatedcentrally of the frame, instead of at each corner, adapts the frame to anarrow table or support and permits the sides of the quilter to extendover the strip toward the machine in more desirable position. Acontinuous track or strip can also be employed in the place of a dividedone extending from each side of the bed frame or plate of the machine.

I claim- The longitudinal rails F and I, having rollers GJ, and securedto the end pieces ota quilting-frame intermediately of a side rail andfabric-depressing rod, to permit the sides of the frame to projectbeyond its supportingstrip over the machine-table, as set forth.

HENRY T. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, AUG. WEBER.

